Attachment for bottling-machines



. M. W. PATTEN. Attachment for Bottling-Machines.

No. 226,927. Patented April 27,1880.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARK W. PATTEN, OF SOMERVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS.

ATTACHMENT FOR BOTTLlNG-MACHINES.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 226,927, dated April 27,1880.

Application filed January 27, 1880.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, MARK W. PATTEN, ofSomerville, county of Middlesex, and State of Massachusetts, haveinvented acertain new and useful Improvement in Attachments forBottling-Machines, of which the following is a description sufficientlyfull, clear, and exact to enable any person skilled in the art orscience to which my invention appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ot'thisspecification, in whichv Figure l is an isometrical perspective view,and Fig. 2 a verticalsection.

Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both figuresof the drawlugs.

My invention relates to means for filling bottles with lager-beer, soda,850., when the same are provided with an automatically-closing inletdesigned to be opened by the action of the bottling-machine; and itconsists in an attachment or device to be used in combination with thebottling-machine, as hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed, bywhich such bottles may be rapidly and economically filled.

1n the drawings, A represents the body, and B the nozzle, of the device,through both of which there is a corresponding central aperture, O, asshown. The body A is provided with an annularfiange, d, and arrangedaround the nozzle there is a packing-ring, a.

As my improved device is designed as an attachment to thebottling-machines in ordinary use, a more particular description of suchmachines than is herein given is deemed unnecessary.

Means by which the same may be attached are shown in Fig. 2, in which Eis the hollow cylindrical plunger of the machine, and K a nut forsecuring the same to the body A, a rabbet or shoulder being cut in thelower end of the plunger at m and properly packed to form a tightconnection of the parts.

In the use of my improvement, the bottle to be filled is placed inposition in the machine, (not shown.) directly under the nozzle B. Theplunger is then caused to descend until the nozzle is brought intocontact with the inlet mechanism or valve of the bottle, and the same isopened thereby,'the aperture 0 registering with a corresponding apertureor opening in connection with said valve. The

liquid with which the bottle is to be filled is then passed through theplunger E and nozzle B into the bottle by proper appliances for thatpurpose, the packing to preventing leakage, after which the plunger iselevated and the bottle removed, an unfilled one being substituted andthe operation repeated.

The device herein shown is designed more especially to adapt ordinarybottling-machines for use in filling bottles provided with the improvedvalvular caps or stoppers for which l have made an application forLetters Patent bearing even date herewith.

Having thus explained my invention, what 1 claim is- 1. The improvedbottling-machine attachment herein described, consisting of a body, A,and a downwardly-projecting tubular nozzle, B, the device being adaptedfor attachment to the bottling-machine by means of a horizontal flange,d, at the upper end of the body, said nozzle being adapted to open theautoniatically-closing inlet of the bottle, the device being providedwith a central aperture, 0, for the admission of the liquid,substantially as described.

2. The improved bottling-machine attachment herein described, consistingof a body, A, and a downwardly-projecting tubular nozzle, B, the upperend of the body being adapted for attachment to the bottlingmachine bymeans of a horizontal flange, d, and the lower end of said body beingprovided with a packing-rin g, a, adapted to cushion upon the neck ofthe bottle and prevent leakage during filling, said nozzle being adaptedto open the automatically-closing inlet of the bottle, the de vicebeing. provided with a central aperture for the admission of the liquid,substantially as described.

3. The combination, with the cylindrical plunger of a bottling-machine,of an attachment consisting of the body A, provided with horizontalflange d at its upper end and nozzle B at its lower end, adapted to openthe automatically-closing inlet of the bottle, the whole provided with acentral aperture extending through the same for the admission of theliquid, and a flanged nut or ring uniting said part-s, substantially asdescribed.

MARK W. PATTEN. Witnesses:

G. A. SHAW, H. L. RAYMOND.

